The site is just three miles from the infamous Dale Farm, which was only closed after a 10-year legal battle

By Laura Burnip

24th April 2017, 2:53 pm

Updated: 25th April 2017, 1:24 pm

TRAVELLERS feared to be building "Dale Farm II" have been snapped shipping 100 tons of building materials into their illegal encampment - flouting the orders of judges, bailiffs and even the High Court.

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The association's Jill Walsh, 63, said: "They have run rough shod over the law with spurs and carriages, it is a complete joke.

"I just want the council to do something, they are notified every time by email something happens.

"I just don't understand why the travellers can get away with it, the government have to do something with the laws."

A Basildon Council spokesman said the authority had "pursued all legal avenues" available to halt development.

He said: "We are aware of further activity in the Hovefields Avenue/Drive area, extending unlawful development that has already taken place.

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Nearly two thirds of a five-acre field - about the size of three football pitches - has been covered in asphalt

"The latest breaches come in spite of ongoing High Court proceedings and a strong warning from His Honour Judge Graham Wood that further developments should cease.
"The legal process is limited in its scope and does not provide a way of immediately resolving these issues.
"We share residents' frustration at the speed of this process, but we shall continue to take the opportunity to inform the High Court of further breaches to the existing injunctions."

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Travellers pitched up at the site over the weekend in Wickford, Essex

A lorry laden with building material arrives at a travellers site on Friday